[ABSTRAK
Tesis ini menganalisis fenomena politik uang dan keterlibatan pemuda padapemilihan anggota legislatif 2014 di Bojonegoro. Temuan penelitian inimenggambarkan besarnya motivasi berkuasa menjadi pendorong kuat untukmelakukan politik uang. Konsumerisme dan materealisme yang masuk dalamwilayah politik menjadikan hal-hal yang bersifat ideologi, program kerja, nilai dannorma politik menjadi kurang relevan. Penerapan sistem proporsional terbukamembuat persaingan antarcaleg semakin ketat. Lemahnya pengawasan aparatserta sulitnya penindakan pelanggaran Pemilu menjadikan pelaku politik uangsemakin leluasa bergerak. Di sisi lain, pemuda yang semestinya menjadi agenperubahan malah terlibat aktif dalam praktik politik uang dan membangunhubungan patron-klien dengan Caleg.

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ABSTRACT
This thesis analyzes the phenomenon of money politics and youth involvement inthe 2014 legislative elections in Bojonegoro. The findings of this study illustratethe magnitude of power to drive strong motivation for money politics.Consumerism and materealisme that fall into political territory to make the thingsthat are ideologies, programs, values and political norms become less relevant.Application of open proportional system makes competition increasingly fierceantarcaleg. Weak supervision and the difficulty of enforcement officers make theperpetrators of violations of election politics more freely move money. On theother hand, youth who should be agents of change instead actively engaged in thepractice of money politics and build patron-client relationships with candidates.;This thesis analyzes the phenomenon of money politics and youth involvement inthe 2014 legislative elections in Bojonegoro. The findings of this study illustratethe magnitude of power to drive strong motivation for money politics.Consumerism and materealisme that fall into political territory to make the thingsthat are ideologies, programs, values and political norms become less relevant.Application of open proportional system makes competition increasingly fierceantarcaleg. Weak supervision and the difficulty of enforcement officers make theperpetrators of violations of election politics more freely move money. On theother hand, youth who should be agents of change instead actively engaged in thepractice of money politics and build patron-client relationships with candidates., This thesis analyzes the phenomenon of money politics and youth involvement inthe 2014 legislative elections in Bojonegoro. The findings of this study illustratethe magnitude of power to drive strong motivation for money politics.Consumerism and materealisme that fall into political territory to make the thingsthat are ideologies, programs, values and political norms become less relevant.Application of open proportional system makes competition increasingly fierceantarcaleg. Weak supervision and the difficulty of enforcement officers make theperpetrators of violations of election politics more freely move money. On theother hand, youth who should be agents of change instead actively engaged in thepractice of money politics and build patron-client relationships with candidates.]